🚀 Startup Leadership Salon: A Lawrence Krubner Production
This session will feature:
Andy Walsh: Podcast Host (Top 4% globally), 2x Exits / 3x Founder, Angel Advisor, Chief Incubation Officer, Community Catalyst.
Jessica Fredican: Strategic Technology & Operations Leader, AI Innovation, Climate Visionary.
Sarah Stein: CMO & COO, Beauty & Personal Care, P&G & Estée Lauder, Scaling PE/VC-Backed Brands to $100M+, DTC Expert (Sephora, Ulta, Amazon).
Kristina Libby: Formerly of Microsoft and Hypergiant, both a leader, Board member, artist, writer, and performer, Libby is, above all, a philosopher of power, its use and misuse.
What to expect:
A rapid-fire panel where each expert delivers a focused 7-minute lightning talk covering what every startup leader needs to scale smarter:
🚀 Sales, Marketing & Growth
💡 Tech & AI Trends to Watch
⚖️ Legal Landmines & Must-Haves
🧠 People Strategy & HR Red Flags
📊 Finance That Fuels Strategy
This isn’t theory—it’s actionable advice from people in the trenches.
About Lawrence Krubner:
Krubner co-founded Starchive.io in 2002 and served as CTO until 2010. He then worked as team lead and software architect helping companies such as Timeout.com handle a new level of scale. He's also lead the tech side of Revenue Operations to re-engineer the sales processes of teams using Salesforce and Hubspot. And in recent years he has organized in-person events to help the leadership of startups in New York City meet the people who they most urgently need to meet. To follow Krubner's events in New York City, subscribe to my newsletter:
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Thank You to our co-host:
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A Special Thank you to our Partner
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